aww.js

// npm install jsdom
// present a random Aww jpg
// problem: /r/aww/random seems to update the URI on a timer, not per request

function aww_image(title, url, img){
	
	this.title = title;
	this.url = url;
	this.img = img;
}

var check_img = function (errors, window) {
	var $ = window.$;


	var imgLinks = $("div[id=siteTable] a");

	var url = imgLinks.attr('href');
	
	var matches = url.search(".jpg|.png");

	var aww = new aww_image();

	if(matches > 0){

		aww.title = $('title').text();
		aww.url = url;
		aww.img = url; 
	}
	else {

		aww.title = $ ('title').text();
		aww.url = url;
		//get_random_link();
	}

	console.log(JSON.stringify(aww));
}

var get_random_link = function () {
		
		var jsdom = require("jsdom");
		var reddit_aww_random = "http://www.reddit.com/r/aww/random";
		jsdom.env( reddit_aww_random, ["http://code.jquery.com/jquery.js"], check_img); 
}

var main = function(){
   
   get_random_link(); 
}

if (require.main === module) {
    main();
}

Consider using cheerio instead of jsdom: more lightweight and more fault-tolerant to HTML issues. It uses essentially a jQuery API.

Will try it. Little update in the mean time. Should catch .png(s) as well.

Now... just have to work around reddit's timed /random/ update

The uberlong time between updates sucks. Scrape the whole site? :D